﻿80 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27302 
  to 
  27304. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  X. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   March 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

  

  27302. 
  Amygdalus 
  fenzliana 
  (Fritsch) 
  Korsh. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  472, 
  March 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  shrubby 
  

   ornamental 
  almond, 
  flowering 
  in 
  early 
  spring, 
  with 
  white 
  flowers; 
  growing 
  in 
  

   semiarid 
  sections 
  in 
  eastern 
  Caucasus. 
  Suggested 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  almonds 
  and 
  

   other 
  stone 
  fruits 
  in 
  mild-wintered, 
  semiarid 
  sections, 
  also 
  of 
  value, 
  possibly, 
  

   in 
  breeding 
  a 
  bushy, 
  drought-resistant 
  strain 
  of 
  almonds 
  for 
  semiarid 
  regions. 
  

   Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  Garden." 
  {Meyer.) 
  (Plants.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Arid 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  transcaucasian 
  provinces 
  of 
  

   Russia, 
  at 
  Phalernum 
  in 
  Greece, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Crete 
  and 
  Sicily. 
  

  

  27303. 
  Prunus 
  microcarpa 
  Meyer. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  473, 
  March 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  shrubby, 
  

   small-fruited 
  cherry, 
  flowering 
  early 
  in 
  spring. 
  Coming 
  from 
  the 
  semiarid 
  

   sections 
  of 
  southeastern 
  Caucasus. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  flowering 
  

   shrub 
  and 
  perhaps 
  also 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  stone 
  fruits 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  Garden." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  (Plants.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Beshbarmak 
  Mountains 
  near 
  the 
  Caspian 
  

   Sea, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Astrabad, 
  northwestern 
  Persia. 
  

  

  27304. 
  Colchicum 
  speciosum 
  Stev. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  474, 
  March 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  bulbous 
  

   plant, 
  flowering 
  in 
  autumn 
  with 
  large 
  showy 
  flowers 
  of 
  dark 
  rose 
  color. 
  The 
  

   strong 
  foliage 
  appears 
  in 
  spring, 
  but 
  dies 
  off 
  in 
  midsummer 
  and 
  after 
  some 
  

   weeks 
  of 
  rest 
  the 
  flowers 
  appear. 
  It 
  likes 
  semishady 
  places. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  

   ornamental 
  garden 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  mild-wintered 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  Garden." 
  (Meyer.) 
  (Bulbs.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  Mountains 
  in 
  southeastern 
  

   Russia, 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Persia. 
  Generally 
  cultivated 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental. 
  

  

  27305 
  to 
  27309. 
  

  

  From 
  Paris, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Maurice 
  L. 
  de 
  Vilmorin, 
  13 
  Quai 
  d'Orsay. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27305. 
  Berberis 
  sinensis 
  Desf. 
  

   "(Vilm. 
  No. 
  4456.)" 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Chihli, 
  Shingking, 
  and 
  Kansu 
  in 
  China; 
  

   near 
  Laoling, 
  Korea; 
  and 
  in 
  Japan. 
  

  

  27306. 
  Berberis 
  sp. 
  

   "(Vilm. 
  No. 
  3927.)" 
  

  

  27307. 
  Berberis 
  sanguinea 
  Franch. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25942 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  27308. 
  Clematis 
  delavayi 
  Franch. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Yunnan 
  in 
  southern 
  

   China. 
  

  

  27309. 
  Rosa 
  sericea 
  Lindl. 
  

   Variety 
  fructu 
  rubro. 
  

  

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